Council of Higher Education (YÖK) Decisions

Matters to Be Considered in Academic Staff Announcements – Letter dated 11/04/2023

• Requirements for Faculty Member Announcements (18.02.2016)
• Academic Faculty Announcements Must Be Scientific, Objective and Verifiable (10.07.2013)
• Units Providing Undergraduate Education Where Lecturers May Be Employed in 2024 (January 2024)
• Units Providing Undergraduate Education Where Lecturers May Be Employed in 2023 (May 2023)
• Units Providing Undergraduate Education Where Lecturers May Be Employed in 2022 (April 2022)
• Units Providing Undergraduate Education Where Lecturers May Be Employed in 2022 (Additional Decision)
• Units Providing Undergraduate Education Where Lecturers May Be Employed in 2022

• No Score Threshold Should Be Imposed in Academic Staff Entrance Examinations (10.10.2008)
• Applicants Rejected Due to Missing Documents (26.11.2008)
• Experience Requirement Should Not Be Required from Master's Degree Graduates (08.01.2009)
• Graduation and Student Certificates (28.11.2016)
• Central Foreign Language Examination (06.02.2017)
• Foreign Language Equivalencies (22.03.2016)
• Equivalency of the 4-Point Grading System to the 100-Point System
• Equivalency of the 5-Point Grading System to the 100-Point System
• Foreign Language Examination Equivalencies
• Units Providing Undergraduate Education Where Lecturers May Be Employed in 2023 (26.12.2023)
• Units Providing Undergraduate Education Where Lecturers May Be Employed in 2022 (Final Version – April 2022 Amendment)
• Units Providing Undergraduate Education Where Lecturers May Be Employed in 2022 (Additional Decision)
• Units Providing Undergraduate Education Where Lecturers May Be Employed in 2022
• Delegation of Authority to Universities for Academic Staff Position Utilization
• Procedures and Principles Regarding the Graduate Education of Research Assistants Appointed to Research Assistant Positions in Priority Areas and Other Matters
• Fields Eligible for ALES Exemption
• Additional List of Fields Eligible for ALES Exemption

1. Maximum Study Period Decisions
   • Graduate Education of Research Assistants (Transition from 50/d to 33/a) (26.07.2023)
   • List of Universities Abroad Where Those Working Under Article 33/a May Study (21.11.2022)
   • Graduate Education Applications of ÖYP Research Assistants (19.08.2021)
   • Procedures and Principles for Research Assistants in Priority Areas (14.04.2017)
   • Additional Maximum Study Period Due to Health or Excuse Leave – YÖK Opinion
   • Maximum Periods for Graduate Education (07.08.2015)
   • Maximum Periods for Graduate Education (13.06.2016)
   • Maximum Periods for Graduate Education (25.05.2017)
   • Maximum Periods for Graduate Education (16.10.2017)
   • Maximum Periods for Graduate Education (20.09.2019)
   • Thesis Revision Periods (28.05.2019)
   • Thesis Revision Periods (25.10.2019)
   • Suspension of Registration Due to the Pandemic in the Spring Semester of the 2019–2020 Academic Year (31.03.2020)
   • Implementation Principles of Additional Article 38 Regarding Research Assistants – 50/d (18.11.2022)
   • Additional Period for Research Assistants Due to the Pandemic – 50/d (16.04.2020)
   • Additional Period for Research Assistants Due to the Pandemic – 50/d (20.07.2020)
   • Doctoral Registration and YDS Requirement for Research Assistants – 50/d (02.09.2020)
2. Assignment Decisions
   • Implementation of Additional Article 38 of Law No. 2547 (After 01.01.2018) (15.11.2017)
   • Assignment of Research Assistants Transferred to Article 33/a Under Article 35 of Law No. 2547 – 2 (09.03.2018)
   • Assignment of Research Assistants Transferred to Article 33/a Under Article 35 of Law No. 2547 (23.01.2018)
   • Assignment of Research Assistants Under Article 35 of Law No. 2547 (22.11.2019)
   • Assignment of ÖYP, Priority Area and 50/d Research Assistants Under Article 35 of Law No. 2547 (25.10.2019)
   • Temporary Position Allocation Under Article 35 of Law No. 2547 (27.01.2023)
3. Other Decisions
   • Procedures and Principles Regarding Transition from 50/d to 33/a (03.03.2023)

• Courses That Lecturers May Teach Apart from Common Compulsory Courses

• Annulment of the Decision That Current Academic Staff Under Law No. 1416 Cannot Be Appointed as Assistant Professors (05.10.2023)
• Employment Procedures Under Law No. 1416 – Application and Employment Periods (07.08.2023)
• Transfer Procedures of Personnel Under Law No. 1416 Must Be Approved by the Ministry of National Education (05.04.2023)
• Appointment of Persons Sent Abroad Before 2016 Under Law No. 1416 and Returning with a Master's Degree (29.11.2022)
• Appointment of Personnel Under Law No. 1416 Who Become Liable for Compensation (02.11.2022)
• Non-Appointment of University-Sponsored 1416 Scholarship Holders Who Fail to Complete Master's or Doctoral Education (26.07.2022)
• Doctoral Equivalency Not Required for Appointments Under Law No. 1416 (24.02.2022)
• Current Academic Staff Under Law No. 1416 Cannot Be Appointed as Assistant Professors (02.07.2021)
• Eligibility of Personnel Under Law No. 1416 for Assistant Professor Positions if They Meet the Criteria (18.06.2021)
• Implementation of Court Decisions in Appointments Under Law No. 1416 (26.10.2020)
• Duties of the YLSY Scholarship Coordination Office (26.07.2017)
• Calculation of the Period Spent in Graduate Education Under Law No. 1416 – BUMKO Opinion (13.01.2015)
• Periods Spent in Graduate Education Under Law No. 1416 – Ministry of National Education Opinion (09.05.2014)
• Appointments of 1416 Scholarship Holders with Non-Thesis Master's Degrees (27.03.2013)

• Transition of Foreign National Personnel to Turkish Citizenship – YÖK Opinion (26.01.2024)
• Assignment of Foreign National Academic Staff (13.10.2014)
• Work Permits for Foreign National Academic Staff (10.07.2014)
• Passport Validity Periods of Foreign National Academic Staff (14.12.2014)
• Foreign National Academic Staff Cannot Serve as Department or Division Heads but May Serve as Thesis Advisors (03.08.1999)
• Salaries of Foreign National Academic Staff (19.09.2019)
• Matters to Be Considered When Employing Foreign National Academic Staff (13.10.2009)
• Required Publication Information/Number in Proposals for Foreign National Academic Staff (31.08.2021)
• Determination of Fees for Foreign National Personnel (25.07.2023)
• Determination of Fees for Foreign National Personnel (23.09.2022)
• Employment of Foreign Nationals – Circular (04.08.2020)
• Regulation of the Procedures and Principles for Employing Foreign National Academic Staff (30.11.2021)
• Procedures and Principles for the Employment of Foreign National Academic Staff
• Compliance with the Procedures and Principles for Employing Foreign National Academic Staff

• Transfer of Compulsory Service Under Article 35 of Law No. 2547 (25.02.2015)
• Compulsory Service Obligations of Personnel Under Law No. 1416 – Ministry of National Education Letter (18.01.2016)
• Transfer of Compulsory Service Due to the Spouse's Insured Employment Status (24.11.2015)
• Start Date of Compulsory Service Obligation Under Article 35 of Law No. 2547 (08.04.2021)
• Transfer of Compulsory Service Due to Health-Related Excuses (22.02.2023)

• Cancellation of the Requirement to Obtain Surety Bonds from 50/d Research Assistants for Overseas Assignments (14.02.2014)
• Assignment of Contracted Foreign National Academic Staff (13.10.2014)
• Persons Assigned Under Article 40/b of Law No. 2547 Cannot Be Assigned to Their Universities Under Article 40/d (11.12.2015)
• Assignments to Foundation Universities Under Article 40/b of Law No. 2547 (31.12.2008)
• Persons Assigned Under Article 40/b of Law No. 2547 May Hold Administrative Positions (15.09.1994)
• Domestic and International Assignment Permissions for Rectors (04.07.2018)
• Persons Permanently Assigned Under Article 38 of Law No. 2547 Cannot Hold Administrative Positions (17.04.2013)
• Course Fees for Persons Assigned for Several Days Under Article 39 (16.06.2016)
• Assignments Under Article 38 of Law No. 2547 to Management and Audit Bodies of Public Institutions and Public Professional Organizations (08.01.2009)

• Forms to Be Submitted with Dean Candidate Recommendations (31.08.2015)
• Dean Candidate Recommendations (02.02.2017)
• Appointment and Acting Assignment of Deans (27.06.2019)

• Foreign Qualifications and Diploma Documents (17.06.2020)
• Disciplinary Investigations (30.11.2015)
• Removal from Administrative Position Due to a Disciplinary Offense (30.05.2012)
• Presence of Union Representatives on Disciplinary Boards (07.10.2015)
• Academic Rights and Additional Course Fees of Faculty Members Who Obtain the Associate Professor Title but Are Not Appointed to a Position (18.05.2016)
• Rights of Faculty Members Who Obtain the Associate Professor Title but Are Not Appointed to a Position (09.05.2008)
• Implementation of Paragraph (b) of Article 60 of Law No. 2547 – Annulment of Paragraph (ç) of the Decision Dated 15.04.2009 (12.06.2015)
• Implementation of Paragraph (b) of Article 60 of Law No. 2547 and Obtaining Permission for Position Utilization (15.04.2009)
• Implementation of Paragraph (b) of Article 60 of Law No. 2547 (29.01.2008)
• Age Limits for Faculty Members (05.06.2012)
• Inability to Establish a Faculty Administrative Board (09.08.2012)
• Foreign National Academic Staff Among the Minimum Academic Staff Required for Opening a Program (05.04.2019)
• Universities' Authority to Prepare Regulations
• Notification of Time Limits for Filing Lawsuits Against Administrative Actions (20.04.2022)
• Practical Education – 28.08.2024

• Acceptance of Applications Under Additional Article 34 and Additional Article 46 – YÖK Letter
• Procedures and Principles Regarding the Part-Time Employment of Qualified Turkish or Foreign National Researchers Holding a Doctoral Degree in Higher Education Institutions (23.11.2023)
• Amendment to the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Employment of Postdoctoral Contract Researchers in State Higher Education Institutions (29.08.2023)
• Submission of CVs and Forms Under the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Employment of Postdoctoral Contract Researchers in State Higher Education Institutions (09.05.2023)
• Procedures and Principles Regarding the Employment of Postdoctoral Contract Researchers in State Higher Education Institutions (19.02.2022)
• Procedures and Principles Regarding the Support Program for Academic Staff and Researchers in Türkiye and Abroad

Fields Eligible for ALES Exemption (Applied Fields) – YÖK Decision dated 20.03.2023

Fields Eligible for ALES Exemption – YÖK Decision dated 20.09.2024

Fields Eligible for ALES Exemption – YÖK Decision dated 24.03.2025

YÖK Decision on Whether Personnel Working in Academic Staff Positions at Universities in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) May Benefit from ALES Exemption